Should I stay or should I go? Negotiating township tours in post-apartheid South Africa

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 15-29

  Butler, Shelley Ruth ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction (of place); Everyday pedagogies of travel; Post apartheid South Africa; Tourism impacts; Tourist attractions; Voyeurism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008810851     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766821003777756     Document Type: Article

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